I thought most of them were romanized latin speaking illyrians from dalmatia, bosnia, croatia, serbia. I'm sure dacian and thracian blood is in the mix too. I heard they were in yugoslavia before slavs, and slavs inhabited what is now romania. Slavs moved into yugoslavia and bulgaria then a lot of vlachs left to romania. They say themselves they were the roman army from the balkans that moved to dacia/romania. I think they just conquered the region and absorbed it's older inhabitants.
Not all vlachs moved either some stayed and were absorbed into yugoslavs, croats used to call serbs vlachs in some historical writings too because of orthodoxy.
I think they are very closely related to slavs of surrounding countries especially serbs.
I have never heard of the vlach homeland in albania til now.
All of the balkan was once roman territory maybe vlach has less to do with ancient ethnicity and more to do with language.
Yes, genetically Bulgarians and Serbs are closer to Romanians than to the average of East and West Slavic groups. Romanians are in their turn closer to them than to Albanians and Greeks.
So clearly, Romanians are a mix of native Balkan people and Slavs with a Latin language, while the Bulgarians and Serbs are also part of the same mix but with a Slavic language.
Here are the closest people to the average Romanian:
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[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.218[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.349[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.355[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.438[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia4[/TD]
[TD]1.518[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]G408[/TD]
[TD]1.773[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia2[/TD]
[TD]2.082[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]A362[/TD]
[TD]2.095[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]BulgarianF2[/TD]
[TD]2.109[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Romanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Montenegro6[/TD]
[TD]2.173[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Average Bulgarian:
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[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Input[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Group[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.355[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.457[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]BulgarianD6[/TD]
[TD]1.776[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.917[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia4[/TD]
[TD]1.964[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]BulgarianE2[/TD]
[TD]2.088[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]Bulgaria1[/TD]
[TD]2.094[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia2[/TD]
[TD]2.174[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]A343[/TD]
[TD]2.241[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]BulgarianF2[/TD]
[TD]2.308[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Average Serb:
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[TH="class: jsl, bgcolor: #F3F3F3"][/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Input[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Group[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.218[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.381[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.541[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia4[/TD]
[TD]1.622[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia2[/TD]
[TD]1.733[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Montenegro6[/TD]
[TD]1.912[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.917[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]2.072[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Croatian[/TD]
[TD]Croatia_Cro305[/TD]
[TD]2.166[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Serbian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]BulgarianF2[/TD]
[TD]2.203[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Average Croat:
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[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Input[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Group[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Slovenian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.068[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Hungarian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.651[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.673[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Croatian[/TD]
[TD]Croatia_Cro142[/TD]
[TD]1.762[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Croatian[/TD]
[TD]Croatia_Cro43[/TD]
[TD]1.764[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian_12[/TD]
[TD]1.842[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Slovenian[/TD]
[TD]Slovenian172[/TD]
[TD]1.902[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan[/TD]
[TD]748_R02C02[/TD]
[TD]1.903[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Croatian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Hungarian[/TD]
[TD]NA15203[/TD]
[TD]1.92[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Average Macedonian:
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[TH="class: jsl, bgcolor: #F3F3F3"][/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Input[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Group[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.438[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.457[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.541[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.89[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia4[/TD]
[TD]1.982[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Serbian[/TD]
[TD]Serbian_Serbia2[/TD]
[TD]2.072[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bulgarian[/TD]
[TD]BulgarianD6[/TD]
[TD]2.248[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Montenegro6[/TD]
[TD]2.255[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Romanian[/TD]
[TD]G408[/TD]
[TD]2.281[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian6[/TD]
[TD]2.316[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Average Moldovan:
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[TH="class: jsl, bgcolor: #F3F3F3"][/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Input[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Group[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.475[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Croatian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.651[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian_12[/TD]
[TD]1.913[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan[/TD]
[TD]747_R01C01[/TD]
[TD]1.922[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan[/TD]
[TD]747_R02C01[/TD]
[TD]2.018[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian_10[/TD]
[TD]2.092[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Croatian[/TD]
[TD]Croatia_Cro305[/TD]
[TD]2.157[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Hungarian[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]2.17[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian[/TD]
[TD]Bosnian_13[/TD]
[TD]2.172[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Moldovan:Average[/TD]
[TD]Montenegrin[/TD]
[TD]Montenegro4[/TD]
[TD]2.205[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
As you can see, we're all quite close.
Albanians are shifted towards the Greeks, but since both have also received some Slavic admixture, the average of the native Balkan stock of Dacians/Thracians/Illyrians was probably shifted even further South, somewhere in the range on modern insular Greeks.
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[TH="class: jsl, bgcolor: #F3F3F3"][/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Input[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Group[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Name[/TH]
[TH="bgcolor: #F3F3F3"]Fit[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]1[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Greek[/TD]
[TD]Average[/TD]
[TD]1.392[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]2[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Greek[/TD]
[TD]GREEKGRALPOP11[/TD]
[TD]1.507[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]3[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Albanian[/TD]
[TD]ALB202[/TD]
[TD]1.922[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]4[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Albanian[/TD]
[TD]ALB230[/TD]
[TD]1.935[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]5[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Greek[/TD]
[TD]S_Greek-1[/TD]
[TD]2.042[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]6[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Albanian[/TD]
[TD]ALB213[/TD]
[TD]2.077[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]7[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Greek[/TD]
[TD]NA17377[/TD]
[TD]2.083[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]8[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian[/TD]
[TD]Macedonian8[/TD]
[TD]2.11[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]9[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Albanian[/TD]
[TD]ALB212[/TD]
[TD]2.122[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="class: jsl"]10[/TD]
[TD]Albanian:Average[/TD]
[TD]Greek[/TD]
[TD]GREEKGRALPOP5[/TD]
[TD]2.181[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]
Source:
http://185.144.156.77:3000/checkfit.html